Despite the state government’s claim on fast growth in recent years, Assam’s per capita income is just 65.9% of all States average per capita income, or 70.9% of Northeast hill states (NEHS) average income in 2018-19, not to speak...
The Modi government at last climbed down to repeal the three farm laws on November 29, 2021 that provoked more than a year-long farmers’ protest starting from August 9, 2020. The protest allegedly took a toll of 600 human...
Assam Tribune, 20 February 2022
“In the long run we are all dead. Economists set themselves too easy if in tempestuous seasons they can only tell that when the storm is long past the ocean is flat again.” J.M Keynes Union Budget 2022-23 was...
Budget 2022-23 has to be framed under the shadow of three sets of pressing issues. One relates to the devastating economic impact of Covid-19, the second to restoring growth and putting the economy on a higher growth trajectory and...
Its implementation is fraught with operational challenges The Central Government has proposed to mobilise about ₹6 trillion by way of monetising 20-plus brownfield asset classes, with the top three sectors in terms of value being roads (27 per cent),...
After curving out a separate ministry for cooperation out of the ministry of agriculture, the minister for home and cooperation announced in the first national cooperative conference held on September 25, 2021 that the centre together with states will...
As is well known, India is hugely deficient in its infrastructure both in terms of quantity as well as quality, which not only impedes efficient functioning of the economy but also raises cost of production. In this context, the...
Source: Assam Tribune, 20 August 2021
Source: Assam Tribune, 31 July 2021